North Carolina Newspapers

TTT 1) 4- fTlTi Th tf TP rn (01; lb VOL (5 H00NE, WATAUGA COUNTY, X. C., rilUlWDAY, I)ECEtl,EIi 7, 1893, NO. U. v PROFESSIONAL. W. B.C0UXC1LL, Jr. Attorn ky at Lax. Boone, X. C. VV. B.COUXCILL, M.I). Boone, X. G. Resident Physician. Ottle on King Street north of Post Office. 1)11. L. C. BEEVES. Physician and SruuEON Cff.cc at Residence. Boone, X. C. L. 1). LOWE, Attorney at Law AND- SOTARY PUHU' BANNER'S ELK, X. C. J. V JI0UP1IKW, ATTORNEY A 7 LAW, MARION, .---N.C -(()- Will practice in the court o Wntii.i r;! . Anlie. Mitchell. McDow 11 and nil other euut tieH in the ostern Jistrict .eTSee-ial at ten tion given to the collwtiuu of claims." r. J. t Butler. Dr. T. C. Blackburn. Trad;, Tmi. ZloiHr N. C Batter & Blackburn, fiamm & Surgeans. US' Calls attended at all June 1, '93. E T. LOVILL. J. 0. FLKTCHER. 10YILI & FLETGHER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BOONE, x. c. S' Sfieci.il attention given to the collet ion ofelaims.v& L. L. GREENE, '& CO., REAL ESTATE Aj ' TS. H00NE,N.C. Will giv special attention to abstracts of title, the Kale of Real Estate in W. N. C. Those ht vine: farms, timber and mineial lands for sale, will do well to cull on said Co. tit Boone. L. L. GREE. & CO. March 16, 1893. NOTICE. Hotel Property for Sale. On account of failing health of myself and wife, I oifer for sale my hotel property in the town of Boone, North Carolina, and will 11 low for canh and make terms o unit the buyer, and will take ral o Mrsonal property in ex hange. Apply soon. V. L. Bryan. NOTICE. Parties putting papers in my hand for execution will plei se a d va nee the fees vi th the papers and they will re ceive prompt attention, other wise they will be returned not executed for the want of fees. D. F. Baird Shi-p. 0R SALE! In the town of Boone, acorn forta hie duelling house with 6 rooms and five fire places, with nine aces of land, good spring, someapple, peach and chestnut trees, situated some 3i)0 yards from Main street, it is 'a desirable private resi dence. The place will be gold cheap on terms to suit the purchaser. For further par ticulars apply to I. W. Thorn as, llibriteu, N. 'J., or W. B. Councill, Boone, N. C. Tertr, Ta.t an4 Tlelj. Th" newest political party will have to find better en dorsers than Mrs. Imse and Jerry Simpson before it is ta k?n beriounly by th?countrv The democratic party might go further land fare worse than it would by following the advice of ."5ov. Fisback, of Arkansas, und making Ad Ini Stevenson its next Prvsi dential candidate. Chairman Wilson and his democratic? colleagues on the House Wayi and Means com in it tee shouhl consider the abuse they are getting from republicans, because of t h e tariff bill, the very highest praise that could have been bestowed upon them. It is certainly regarded as such by all other good democrat. Those who thought t h e National democratic plat form of 1892 a meaningless document now realize that they were mistaken. It is easier for a camel to go through theye of a ne- dle than for a believer in a protective tariff to bea good democrat. A large number of more or lefs prominent men would be willing to pay liberally for the power to recall hastily ex pressed opinions on the Ha waiian policy of the adminis tration, and yet a goodly percentage of the 8atn men "shoot off" their months just as prematurely at the first opportunity. Powderly has been at the head of the Knights of La bor so long that it will prob ably go very hard with him to have to go back to work ing for his living. Failing to get a desired of fice is a mighty poor excuse for n man's changing his pol itics; such an excuse indicates the absence of political prin ciples. Gov, McKinley says the voice of patriotism alone shouldjbe heard, which is nil right enough; but he makes the mistake of confounding himselfjwithlpatriotism which is all wrong. The Hawaiian tempe-ct in a teapot has simmered "down until it is away below the boi ling point. There are some republicans who seem to have an idea that the presidential cam paign is already on. Better turn off some of the pressure, boys. You havn't fuel en ough to keep it up for three years. V. K. Vnndcrbilt evidently isn't feeiing the hard times. He has just started with a party of friends for in exten ded eastern cruise m his new steam yact. Theestimated expense of the voyage'is one hundred thousand dollars. If Xew York City r e a 11 ly wants rapid transit the mat ter should be turned over to Chicago men. Edwin Gould is going to move from New York to New Jersey to escape the pay ment of taxes on personal property. Hov philanthrop ic these millionairs are. . The writers who have to a buse Minister Willis for what he is doing without having the slightest idea of what he really is 'oing have a tank envied by none. The Wilsin tariff bill is all right, notwithstanding the republican howl against it. In fact, that howl is enough of itself to convince any dou bting deuio-rat that the bill is all right. The number of employees of the agricultural depart ment has been reduced 500 since Secretary Morton took charge. This is in accord with demccratie ideas ot economy in public expenditures. Men prominent in all lines of industry believe that the scare is oyer and that from now on things will steadily grow better. It would be an excellent thing if the professional la bor agitator could be muz zled, if not permanently, at least until there is greater de main! for labor. Ex-boss Clarkson hitched himself to the tail of the McT kinley kite with reckless alac rity. The "Modern Instance.' There is any amount of humbuuggery about the pro tective tariff business. Mem bers of the present ways and means committee recall the fact that when the M. 'Kinley bill was in process of prepar ation one of the largest man ufacturers of steel rails in the United States appeared be fore the finance committee of the Senate and said that a duty of f 8 per ton on steel rails would afford am pie pro tection to the American man ufacturer. Notwithstanding his statement the duty was put at f 13 and so remains. Very re?ently the Concord correspondent of this paper quoted Mr. Giles Crowell, of that place, who has lived in the Argentine Republic, as saying that one can buy the McCormick binders, Ames shovels, and other articles of American manufacture 25 per cent, cheaper in that country after they ha e been freight ed 8,000 miles, and paidudu ty there of 35 per cent., than they can be bought for here. We have all heard the like of this before, but it has a. kind of reality, wher. we hear it from a next door neighbor who knows that it never had heretofore. In view of the two forego ing instances can it be won derd at that disgust seized ordinary people when the manufacturers of steel rails, landers and shovels scream that the taiiff must not be touched lest the 'business in terests' of the country suffer? Hasn't. Corigaesb done about enough for these manufactu rers? Isn't it about time for it to look after the balance of us for a spell? Charlotte Observer. A Minister's Farewell. A reader knows of a coun try minister in a certain lo cality who took permanent leave of his congregation in the fallowing pathetic manner: "Brothers a n j sisters, I come tos.y good bye. I don't think God loves thin church very much, for none of ycu ever die. I don't think you low ea di other, because I nev er marry u.iy of you. I don't think you love me for you have not paid my salary; your donations are mouldy fruit and wormy vegetables, and 'by their fruits ye shall knu.v them.' Brothers, I am going a way from you to a better place. I have been ca'l ed to be chaplain of the peni tentiary. 'Where 1 go ye can not follow,' but 'I go to pre pare a placs for you,' a n ci may th Lord have mercy on your souls. Good bye. Rams Horn. Bwrctary Forfar's Adiailon. Press and Carolinian. Ex-Secretary of the Treas ury f'has. Foster siys in re ference to the Hawaii-on question: ''1 don't know that any body knows what has been done. Everybody seems to take t heGresham letter as ex pressing the ad ministration's feelings, and the local con clusion of that letter seems to be the restoration of the Queen of the islands to the throne. "If that is true, then Presi dent Cleveland has made u great blunder. TheGresham letter covers every thing. It's a resume of Blount's report, and the point made is that the marines landed from the United States ships and es tablished the provisional government, with th aid of the United States Minister, and without that kin J of force the new government would not have been estab lished. "II that is true, then the government has been wrong. "1 don't think there is any question of doubt that the provisional govenrment re presents tl.e great, business interest of the islands, and and they ought to be sus tained, flow on earth the government can do anything else, when the provisional government has been recog nized, not only by the Harri son administration, but by Cleveland's as well, and how he can tear down and put up the old I don't know.' Foster said that of course no one knows what the in srructions of the government to Minister Willis really are. He considers Willis a very able man, perhaps above the average, who has had a great deal of public experi ence. "What reports were re ceived by the Harrison ad ministration?" was asked. "The Harrison administra tion went on theinformation that the provisional govern ment was established with out any aid from the United States authorities, and you know that thei United States Minister was reprimanded for acknowledging the indepen dence of the government by the Harrison administration. The business interests of the islands were recognized, bjt whether a majority of the na tives were for or against the new government was another question." Senator Gorman is said to be much disgusted at pres ent over the Hawaiian policy of the Administration, as it is said to le. It is reported, how true we do not know, that he has held many con ferences with prominent dem ocintnin Baltimore and Xew York. There is a reported very strong opposition a mong democrats to the plan of Mr. Cleveland, who is un detood to be resolvf d upon the restoration to power of the old exQijeen.whoisnsort of fat Biddy and with a bad ly damaged moral character. It is said that tne disappro val is so pronou.icvdaud gen eral as not to be a party qui-s tion at all. It would be btid for the country if it was a party question. But the trou ble and the fear are that, the democrats wil' be shoulderm! with the responsibilty. There is talk of oppdsif ion in the Congress even after the ac tion of the administration'. A special from Baltimore of the 22nd ult., to a N Y. Dai ly says: "Some of Mr. Gorman's friends ha ve suggested a plan as desperate and bold as any Cleveland ever devised in his Own personal interest. It is urged that the democrats by openly repudiating Mr. Cleve land and his policy ma save the party from the ignominy and disfavor he has brought upon it. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the Senate is said to be in fa vor of this course. Whether it will beendorsed by a majority of the demo crats remains to be seen. Pat ronage and power are usual ly irresistable weapons in the hands of the President, but there ia a little doubt that the 'Hawaiian episode as Mr. Cleveland's friends light ly call it, will not be finished without exciting and mentor able scenes in Congress." Fat and dusky Queen Lil is so confident now that she will be restored by Presilent Cleveland to her little throne that she has ordered new court dresses and uniforirs for hei army and ordered her waiting women to get their robes ready for the event. Wilmington Messenger. Fqiiitablc Taxation In sight. ' It is safe to say that an in come tax is favored by a ma jority of the ways and means committee, and it appears thai it will be one of the pro visions in the new tariff bill. Some of the objections to the tux are of almost a pu erile nature. Congressman Bourke Cockran,for instance say that an income tax Is class legislation of the worst character because it arraya the rich against the poor. Tribune agrees with Mr. Cockran. and makes this point: The problem is really this, whether u small number of persons, per'iaps one in five hundred of the population, can be made to pay a larg'e part of the taxes for all the rest of the people. Now, it must be evident to every thoughtful miud, po far from being cla.-s legisla tion, an income tax is dun-ted not against property or wealth. In point f.f fact, it is class legislation to hare no income tax because .ve iU thy persons whose property is in the shape of bonds, fc curities and invisible profits are then able to escape their just share of taxation. The Tribune's idea is hardly worthy of serious discussion. If a small number of -ope; would pay a large hhaie ef the taxes under nn income tax, it is equally true that the same conditionsexist un der our present system of taxing property. Would the Tribune have the owner of ninetenths of the real estate in a viiageol 100irll:ubitu;U pay only the due-hundredth part of the tax levied o: would it have him pay ):i proportion to his wealth? There carl be but ne an swer to such a ejuordior.. The old threadbare argument a gainst the equitable income tix; advocate 1 by Jefferson and eatisfactorially tested irl England during the past fifty yeais, ho longer have any weight. The Democrats o:i the ways and means commit tee have thoroughly studied the subject, and they seem 1 be convinced that the pict posed tax is the fnirerH mode of meeting the deficiency r. the treasury that will be caused by the coming reduc tion of the customs duties Such a tax discriminates against nobody, 't simply carries out the just and ra tional theory that wealth should bear its proportion ate share of the expenfe of the government which pro tects it and enables it to ye cumulateand find safe invest ment. It is all wrong to' put a heavy tax on a man with a ?ottage or a farm and let the bondholder with in an nual income of $10,000 go scot free. The country is to be congratulated upon the growing popularity of the in come tax. Constitution. Coming Back to the Folds, It is stated that the third party will disband and will merge into d new party tli-j free silver party. 'I his will be news to the third party folks in this country, and in deed, it will be news to every body, when we consider the fact that the reform move ment is growing (?) so rapid ly all over the State, us is stated by the third part pn pers. If the reform move ment ia growing as rapidly as the third party papers say it it, long ago it would have swept the State like a cyclone. But the fact is, it its not growing. We have seen it stated by prominent men who are in a position to know the drift of things, that third party ism is oil the de cline. However this may be, there are, we believe, many people who went off with the third party and who, seeing their mistake, have come back to the party from which, they can get relief the great Democrat! j party, the party of the people. And before another year we expect to ee large numbers of the good Democrais who were led o!t earning back home.